demise

The end or failure of something, such as a business, project, or system.

• Poor sales caused the company's demise.
• The loss of funding led to the project's demise.
• Few people predicted the eventual demise of the industry.

Similar words: end, collapse, downfall

Common phrases: eventual demise, the demise of something, lead to demise

The death of a person or another living thing.

• The king's demise shocked the country.
• She mourned her friend's untimely demise.
• The animal's sudden demise remains unexplained.

Similar words: death, passing, decease

Opposites: birth

Common phrases: untimely demise, sudden demise, the demise of someone

The legal transfer of property through a will or an agreement allowing someone to use it.

• The deed records the demise of the land.
• The demise grants the tenant use of the premises.
• Lawyers reviewed the terms of the proposed demise.

Similar words: conveyance, transfer

Common phrases: demise of property, demise by lease, a legal demise

To legally transfer property through a will or an agreement allowing someone to use it.

• The deed demises the land.
• The landlord demised the building for twenty years.
• The will demises the estate to her eldest child.

How to use it: demise something to someone (The owner demised the premises to the tenant.)

Similar words: convey, transfer, lease

Common phrases: demise property, demise land, demise something to someone